Salome Since Christmas

It's been since before Christmas and before snow..before lots of things, I guess, since we've updated.
Salome had a fun Christmas this year - she really knew what it was and looked forward to it. She loved her stocking and the gifts she received, especially a 15+-year-old previously-owned baby doll with a bottle full of white and purple milk. We spent the day in Arlee with the family - the first time in many years since the whole family has been together on Christmas Day.
For New Years we got to go to Whitefish with Aunty Hilly and friends and spend a couple nights on the ski hill. Salome was set on building an igloo (like Max on the movie of "Where the Wild Things Are".) Her papa and Uncle Jesse made a valiant effort but it caved in. But it was good enough for Salome.
We had our last visit with Great-Grandma Alice after Christmas, about one month before she passed away. Salome drew pictures for her and it was so lovely to hear the stories from her childhood and gain some wisdom from her long life. We are so glad Salome got to visit her as much as we've gotten to in the last year or so. When Salome was told of her death, she said, "But I don't want her to be dead." She was a great lady and we miss her.
Because of all the snow and ice, Salome has gotten in a lot of winter sports - first time skiing and sledding, and even sledding. We also built a snow family, including Salome's baby sister, Peter (still don't know what we're having, btw) being held by the Snow Mama.
Another new-ish development has been Grandma Jany's cancer treatment. She's undergone a few new hairstyles by now, and Salome was there for one big haircut right before chemo started, and then we were there for Grandma's first chemo (in 20 years). It was more fun for Salome than Grandma probably - she got an IV drip straight to her vena cava and Salome got juice and snacks and coloring books.
Well, it's only 6 weeks until Salome is a big sister, so I'll try to update with another blog entry once more before they become even fewer and farther between...:) We'll soon have two little people to follow...